Part 7General

71Short title, commencement and extent

1

This Act may be cited as the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003.

2

This Act (except this section) shall come into force on such date as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

3

This Act does not apply to the River Tweed.

4

This Act does not apply to the Upper Esk.

5

Section 6 of this Act does not apply to the Lower Esk.

6

For the purposes of this section and section 70 of this Act—

  • “River Tweed” and “River Esk” have the same meaning as in section 111 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46);

  • “Upper Esk” means that part of the River Esk lying upstream of a line drawn from a point at grid reference NY 3245 6632 on the western bank of the River Sark in a southerly direction to a point at grid reference NY 3245 6503 on the coast of Cumbria; and

  • “Lower Esk” means that part of the River Esk lying downstream of the line drawn from a point at grid reference NY 3245 6632 on the western bank of the River Sark in a southerly direction to a point at grid reference NY 3245 6503 on the coast of Cumbria.